So was this his double double or double plus good.....with our lying ass treasoneous government ill not take their word for it....yeah right! LoL

Body of Chemical Ali found, say British forces


· Saddam's cousin 'killed with bodyguard'
· UK tanks in Iraq's second city

Staff and agencies
Monday April 7, 2003
Guardian Unlimited


Ali Hassan al-Majid, dubbed "Chemical Ali" by opponents of the Iraqi regime for ordering a poison gas attack that killed thousands of Kurds, has been found dead, a British officer said today.
Major Andrew Jackson of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment told The Associated Press that his superiors had confirmed the death during a briefing earlier today.

He said Chemical Ali's body was found along with that of his bodyguard and the head of Iraqi intelligence services in Basra.

Al-Majid was a first cousin of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who had entrusted him with defence of southern Iraq against invading American and British forces.

One of the most brutal members of President Saddam's inner circle, al-Majid, in his 50s, led a 1988 campaign against rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq in which whole villages were wiped out. An estimated 100,000 Kurds, mostly civilians, were killed during that campaign.

He also has been linked to the bloody crackdown on Shiites in southern Iraq following a 1991 uprising following the last Gulf war. He served as governor of Kuwait during Iraq's seven-month occupation of the emirate in 1990-1991.

It seems Al-Majid was killed on Saturday when two coalition aircraft used laser-guided munitions to attack his house in Basra.

British troops yesterday sent an armoured column deep into Basra. Today, they followed with light-armored infantry - 50 to 75 vehicles and 700 troops.

Maj Jackson said the discovery of al-Majid's body was one of the reasons the British decided to move their infantry into the city because with the leadership gone, resistance might fall apart.





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